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Drive Sales by using Urgency. Countdown timer bar is one of the best ways to motivate buyers to act. Boost your store's conversions during your flash sales!
Free plan available, paid plans from $6.99/month. Prices are the published USD list prices on the Shopify App Store and exclude usage charges.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free Plan | Free |
| Starter | $6.99/month |
| Essential | $9.99/month |
| Professional | $29.99/month |
The top plan is 4.3× the entry plan, a normal spread — the tiers are most likely gated on volume rather than on features.
99% of ratings are 4 or 5 stars, and 4 merchants have left a 1-star review.
Across the 100 most recent reviews, the merchants writing them were mostly in United States, United Kingdom, Spain. 17% had been running the app for a year or more before reviewing it. The developer replied to 6% of them.
At $6.99/mo to start, Essential Countdown Timer Bar is priced below the category — the median entry price across 5 apps in this category is $9.99/mo.
Aggregated from 46 reviews with written feedback — we analyse the sentiment behind the ratings, we don't reprint reviews.
From our daily App Store rank tracking and review history — signals a static listing doesn't show.
Measured against the 68 reviewed apps in Countdown timer, where it currently sits at #1 of 188 listings.
| Essential Countdown Timer Bar | Countdown timer median | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5 | 5 |
| Reviews | 1,615 | 9 |
That is 179× the review volume of the typical app in this category — the rating is carrying a lot more evidence than most.
The most-reviewed apps in Countdown timer, with their current rating and entry price.
| App | Rating | Reviews | Price from | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hextom: Upsell Sales Boost | 4.8 | 1,441 | $9.99/mo | compare |
| Hextom: Countdown Timer Bar | 4.9 | 722 | $9.99/mo | compare |
| GSC Countdown Timer Bar | 4.9 | 519 | — | compare |
| Timex Low Stock Urgency Timer | 4.8 | 232 | — | compare |
| Countdown Timer Bar Samita | 5 | 171 | — | compare |
| Urgency+ | All‑in‑one FOMO App | 4.2 | 145 | $12.95/mo | compare |
| TicTac ‑ Timer, Bar & Upsell | 4.9 | 137 | $4.99/mo | compare |
| Quicky Announcement Bars | 5 | 126 | $4.99/mo | compare |
Built by Essential Apps, on the App Store since February 2022.
Essential Countdown Timer Bar has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6.99 per month. The free tier is normally capped on volume, so check the limit against what your store does today.
Essential Countdown Timer Bar publishes 4 plans: Free Plan (free), Starter at $6.99/month, Essential at $9.99/month, Professional at $29.99/month. These are list prices from the Shopify App Store and exclude any usage-based charges.
Essential Countdown Timer Bar holds 5 out of 5 from 1,615 merchant reviews, with 99% of them at 4 or 5 stars. That is a large enough sample to take the rating seriously — only about 2% of apps on the store reach 1,000 reviews.
The most-reviewed alternatives in Countdown timer are Hextom: Upsell Sales Boost, Hextom: Countdown Timer Bar and GSC Countdown Timer Bar. The comparison table above shows each one's rating, review count and entry price.
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